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The Formal Entry of Cornelis Hop into Paris

Adolf van der Laan, Dutch, 1684–1755 Dutch

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

Dutch ambassador Cornelis Hop formally entered Paris on July 23, 1719, when the carriage and retinue specially ordered for the ceremony were ready. Hop’s vehicle (on the lower right) is preceded by two equestrian Swiss Guards and drawn by eight black horses, although the diplomat himself rode with the Introducer of Ambassadors in the third (royal) carriage.

The Formal Entry of Cornelis Hop into Paris, Adolf van der Laan, Dutch, 1684–1755, Ink on paper

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